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Quantum decoherence is the *irreversible loss of ordering of the phase angles* between the components of a system in a quantum superposition resulting in classical or probabilistically additive behavior, thereby suppressing interference of wavefunction components.

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Why can interaction with a macroscopic apparatus, such as a Stern-Gerlach machine, sometimes...

In TI, you don't rely on a unitary-only 'decoherence' narrative. Rather, you have genuine collapse and that's what constitutes an actual measurement. … This is a form of decoherence (a much stronger form that in the unitary-only theory.) …
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